May 3, 2009
By Holden Scott
Tired of having wifi cards sticking out of your Newton? Keep reading to learn how to install an internal wifi apparatus, thereby avoiding protruding wifi cards. That’s right, you can go from this:
To this:
Please note: the parts in this upgrade can also be used on not only the Newton MessagePad 2000/2100 [...]
By Holden Scott
Tired of having wifi cards sticking out of your Newton? Keep reading to learn how to install an internal wifi apparatus, thereby avoiding protruding wifi cards. That's right, you can go from this:
To this:
Please note: the parts in this upgrade can also be used on not only the Newton MessagePad 2000/2100 and eMates, but on pre-Airport PowerBooks as well. They may also work on older Newtons.
Parts list:
1. iBook G4 Airport Antennae (Titanium PowerBook antennaes will probably work ... Read More
Apr 29, 2009
By Holden Scott
PowerBook 2400c Video Slideshow. Upgrades include yuplan keyboard, 96 MB RAM, CardBus enabled PC Card slots and INTERNAL WIFI.
BE SURE TO PAUSE THE VIDEO WHEN AN ANNOTATION COMES UP, AND LOOK CLOSELY AT THE PICTURE.
By Holden Scott
PowerBook 2400c Video Slideshow. Upgrades include yuplan keyboard, 96 MB RAM, CardBus enabled PC Card slots and INTERNAL WIFI.
BE SURE TO PAUSE THE VIDEO WHEN AN ANNOTATION COMES UP, AND LOOK CLOSELY AT THE PICTURE.
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Feb 2, 2009
By Holden Scott
Arrrgh. How many times have I murmured that in relation to battery power woes on older PowerBooks and Newtons… Over the past few months, I have had a bad string of luck with batteries, which is why I decided to write about the issues that I had, and how I overcame [...]
By Holden Scott
Arrrgh. How many times have I murmured that in relation to battery power woes on older PowerBooks and Newtons... Over the past few months, I have had a bad string of luck with batteries, which is why I decided to write about the issues that I had, and how I overcame them. I have broken it down into two sections, the first section will cover problems and solutions for PowerBook batteries, and the second section will cover ... Read More
Dec 25, 2008
Love this first one… be sure to keep scrolling down, more delicious early Apple PowerBook commercials!
This first one, looks like the 100 series line of PowerBooks. Love the legs in the back of the machine. I also love how hopeless those businessmen look, with the guy on the phone like, “I have no [...]
Love this first one... be sure to keep scrolling down, more delicious early Apple PowerBook commercials!
This first one, looks like the 100 series line of PowerBooks. Love the legs in the back of the machine. I also love how hopeless those businessmen look, with the guy on the phone like, "I have no idea how we are going to get out of this..."
The 3400c!
The Duo!
100 series again... nice hair!
Mission Impossible! Can you name this PowerBook?
The Wallstreet!
The Pismo!
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Sep 13, 2008
12 September, 2008
By Holden Scott
Well, after some messing around, I finally managed to get a SanDisk Ultra II 4 GB CF card into my PowerBook 5300ce with the requisite CF-IDE adapter. Fast and total silence… Read on if you want to do likewise.
After reading Dan Knight’s “Silence is Golden” (LEM), I decided to follow [...]
12 September, 2008
By Holden Scott
Well, after some messing around, I finally managed to get a SanDisk Ultra II 4 GB CF card into my PowerBook 5300ce with the requisite CF-IDE adapter. Fast and total silence... Read on if you want to do likewise.
After reading Dan Knight’s “Silence is Golden” (LEM), I decided to follow suit and install a Compact Flash card (CF card) in place of the old, 1.1 GB, noisy, spinny hard drive that was in my PowerBook 5300ce. ... Read More
